Analog TV will stop all broadcasts on June 12, 2009. If you're not ready yet for the transfer from analog to digital, you bet get ready. You can buy a digital convertor box and a digital antenna for your analog television, you can but a digital antenna for your DTV-enable television, or you can save some money an build your own antenna! This video tutorial will show you how to make a digital television antenna with some coaxial cable, an empty coffee can, a hammer, a nail, and some duct tape or electrical tape.

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my friend Don from london suggested i use a bolt rqather than a nail so read the rest.yes it does i just built one myself but i used a bolt with two sets of nuts one inside the can and the other outside with the wire connector outside. what a shock it works better that i would have ever dreamed.

What a load of crap. You have attempted to copy a wifi 'cantenna' without actually understanding any of the design principals. A piece of damp string will work if you have a strong enough signal, the fact that you get a picture from a tin can with a nail hammered through it does not mean you have a functional design.

this actually does work especially if you are in a pinch and don't have time to go out and get a real antenna. I was able to get 30 channels in with it which is good since without it I wouldn't have anything.